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- 23 Dec 2009
- News
In the Zone
approach of education, social-service, and community-building programs targeting 100 square blocks in New York City. Ninety percent of high school students who attend HCZ’s after-school programs go on to college; 100 percent of its third graders tested at or above... View Details
- 23 Aug 2011
- News
New Kid in School
trustees — to the institution’s continued success. Located on a 26-acre campus with state-of-the-art facilities, St. Johns is a pre-K through Grade 12 co-ed liberal arts private school with an enrollment of approximately 620 students.... View Details
- 21 Oct 2013
- News
Moving the Needle
financial returns." She notes that while Lerner "didn't agree, he gave me a nice grade on the project." The paper formed not only her thinking, but became a blueprint for her career. She has spent almost all of it consulting to,... View Details
- 25 Aug 2021
- News
Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
challenge. In 2012, she launched the Intrinsic Schools, a network of public charter schools with an innovative approach to the middle school and high school experience. Rather than employ the data from standardized tests and apply it to a school or View Details
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Running a Decathlon
students who might not have the highest GPA but nonetheless excel in certain subjects. Patton’s interest was piqued.He appreciated the program’s inclusive vision, which required each team to include not just the best and the brightest, but also students with more... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Survey Spotlights HBS Experience
“favorable.” Case method of teaching 86 % Case materials 84 % Faculty 84 % Elective courses 81 % Other class members 78 % Section experience 78 % Required courses 75 % Grading system 67 % Study groups 57 % Extracurricular activities 56 % View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
ISSUE FOCUS: EDUCATION INNOVATION Bright Idea #1 Training the Global Workforce, Gratis Mike Feerick (MBA 1993) FEERICK: At the grade school he attended in Ireland. "Knowledge and understanding," he says, "are being unleashed via the web... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
John (“Bo”) Kemp
policies concerning take-home exams, feedback from faculty on student grades, and the disclosure of grades to prospective employers. In addition, he chaired the committee organizing Class Day, a pre-Commencement celebration at HBS for... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Educating children through inquiry-based learning
Kim Frock (MBA 1987) cofounded the Alternative School for Math and Science (ASMS) in Corning, New York, to provide an academically challenging, inquiry-based learning environment for children in grades 6 through 8. The independent school... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Mobilizing the Public to Fight Bribery
not knowing which offices are the most honest. To address that, Bantay has three main initiatives: City Watch recruits students and volunteers to grade government offices on everything from their air conditioning to the prices of bribes.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
professor. He was very gracious and even had kept the grades from all his former students so he could keep up with them. Great guy. The School is fortunate to have had him all these years. Philip K. Curtis (JD '71/MBA '74) Atlanta, GA View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
A Passion for Education
parents. The Robert L. Ryan Fellowship has supported 18 students since Ryan launched the fellowship in 2004. Providing funding for future generations of MBA students is a fitting way for Ryan to recognize the value of education that his parents instilled in him. Ryan’s... View Details
- 20 Nov 2014
- News
Expanding Audiences Through HBX CORe
amount of time to type a response; once the cold call is complete, peers are asked to rate it and react, simulating the dynamics of the HBS classroom experience. Participants receive grades based on interaction with fellow students,... View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- News
Latino Alumni Banquet Marks 20th Year, Atlanta Club Celebrates 90 Years of Connection
Negotiation. Decades of leadership experience later, the principles we learned in that course are still spot on. What’s the best advice you could give an incoming HBS student? Unlike university and earlier education, these two years are not all about View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 02 Dec 2021
- News
Learning Curve
School are encouraged to meet kids where they are and tailor their teaching to individual learning styles. The majority of students spend just a few years at the Joy School. The goal is to bring the children’s skills to grade level,... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- News
Lesson Plans
the material. They can go into simulations, Socratic dialogue. SK: The reality is students have always just sat in a chair year after year, and they’re accumulating unfinished learning. And there’s a lot of evidence of that. Eleventh or 12th View Details
- 16 Jan 2014
- News
Learning from Helping Others
remembers, was "the hardest two years of my life." "However my training as an actress really worked in my favor. Class participation counted for 50 percent of our grades and I was never afraid to raise my hand. Having an authoritative... View Details
- 15 Feb 2022
- News
Charlotte Club Hosts Webinar to Mark 100 Years of the Case Method
analyze, deal with changing assumptions, and defend my views in front of my peers in a graded environment. That’s how students see the case method. Faculty see the case as a source of education, innovation, and change. It’s the heart of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
educators. Working from his home overlooking Seattle's Elliott Bay, Nielsen is now writing a book espousing some of his more radical thoughts on education, including the elimination of both age-based grade placement and grade-based... View Details
- 03 Dec 2024
- News
Magic Numbers
hope for was to survive the year. “I’m not a math kid,” she told herself at the time. “And that’s fine.” But then a surprisingly good grade on a test prompted a word of encouragement from her teacher. “He quietly said to me, ‘You did much... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford